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| Applicants and agents are required to adopt a new "Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project Request Form. |  
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| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced its investment into an Israeli startup specialized in quick respond code technology. |  
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| Online agencies who sell patent rights of inventions pave a possible way for prisoners to commute their sentence. |  
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| The first criminal case in Chaoyang district for violation of a software copyright was recently heard. |  
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| The man who oversaw Nestlé's Nespresso brand of coffee machines has sued his former employer. |  
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| The EU has penned a deal with Morocco that will see them mutually protect certain geographical indications (GIs). |  
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| Dish has secured a win in its copyright battle against US broadcaster Fox. |  
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| The Motion Picture Association of America has alleged acts of copyright infringement. |  
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| Beijing Second Intermediate People's Courtdelivered the first verdict of Sogou. |  
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| The national meeting of heads of IPR administrations was successfully held in Beijing. |  |